Is CONTENTIOUSNESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CONTENTIOUSNESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CONTENTIOUSNESS mean?
- noun
an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
22
Words With Friends
15
Letters
C (3) + O (1) + N (1) + T (1) + E (1) + N (1) + T (1) + I (1) + O (1) + U (1) + S (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 17 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for CONTENTIOUSNESS
CONTENTIOUSNESS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from CONTENTIOUSNESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- contentions13
- contentious13
- innocentest13
- necessitous13
- consistent12
- contention12
- continents12
- contusions12
- countesses12
- cutesiness12
- noninsects12
- nuttinesses11
- sententious11
- conenoses11
- consensus11
- continent11
- continues11
- continuos11
- contusion11
- cutesiest11
- innocents11
- nescients11
- neustonic11
- noninsect11
- ossicones11
- secession11
- seicentos11
- stonecuts11
- intentness10
- otioseness10
- snootiness10
- snottiness10
- sostenutos10
- censuses10
- centesis10
- centones10
- cessions10
- cestuses10
- cistuses10
- coesites10
- coituses10
- conenose10
- conioses10
- connotes10
- consents10
- consists10
- contents10
- contests10
- continue10
- continuo10
- contuses10
- coonties10
- cosiness10
- countess10
- counties10
- cuteness10
- ecotones10
- enounces10
- incenses10
- inconnus10
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